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Enhance your Grade 3 students' reading skills with our engaging Reading Comprehension Phonics Worksheets. Designed to boost phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension abilities, these worksheets provide age-appropriate challenges to develop your child's critical thinking. Each worksheet combines fun exercises with practical reading scenarios, making learning enjoyable and effective. Perfect for both classroom and at-home use, these resources are tailored to align with educational standards. Help your child build a solid foundation in reading comprehension and phonics and watch their confidence soar with our expertly crafted worksheets. Dive into a world of learning at Kids Academy!


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Long A Vowel Team Coloring Fun Worksheet
Long A Vowel Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

Long A Vowel Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

Divide your class into teams, give each a printout, then have them read aloud words with a long "A" sound (e.g. brain, paid). As they listen, let them reinforce this lesson by coloring in the words and pictures. Make phonics fun and interactive with this great coloring page!
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AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet
AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

AW Words Team Coloring Fun Worksheet

Coloring words they can read is a blast for little learners! This worksheet offers emerging readers the chance to practice and gain confidence in reading words from the -aw family, while also improving fine-motor and creativity skills. Without knowing it, they'll learn about phonetic teams along the way!
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Hotel Mix-up Worksheet
Hotel Mix-up Worksheet

Hotel Mix-up Worksheet

Before doing this worksheet, explain to your kids what a hotel is. It's a building where guests can stay for a few days and pay for their stay. In this exercise, the hotel clerk needs help finding the correct keys. Have your kids circle words ending with -el to find the right ones.
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Puss in Boots: OO Sound Worksheet
Puss in Boots: OO Sound Worksheet

Puss in Boots: OO Sound Worksheet

Read out the words in this printout with the correct pronunciation. Have your child repeat each word after you. Then have them read the words and identify the ones with the "oo" sound. Guide their hands as they trace the lines to the right words.
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Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 3 Worksheet
Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 3 Worksheet

Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 3 Worksheet

Silent letters can be tricky for kids learning to read and write. Show them how they work with words like 'knee' and 'dumb'. Then, challenge them to come up with their own. Give them a worksheet with silent letters and trace the lines to join the letters into words.
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Peter Piper Alliteration Worksheet
Peter Piper Alliteration Worksheet

Peter Piper Alliteration Worksheet

Kids love tongue twisters! This worksheet familiarizes them with alliteration through Peter Piper, a beloved nursery rhyme. They underline words that start with the same letter sound, learning to recognize alliteration.
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Funny Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
Funny Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

Funny Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

Love humor? Introduce "funny" as a sight word with this fun worksheet! Have your child read the sentence then color the word in the center. Let them use their imagination to color the silly clown in any way they like!
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Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 1 Worksheet
Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 1 Worksheet

Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 1 Worksheet

Explain prefixes (words added to start of another word to give it a new meaning) and suffixes (added to end of word to change its meaning) to your kids with examples like 'unhappy' (prefix) and 'forgetful' (suffix). Now, help your child complete this worksheet, including circling words and checking boxes.
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Poem: Cats and Dogs Worksheet
Poem: Cats and Dogs Worksheet

Poem: Cats and Dogs Worksheet

Read the poem to your child and point out where each stanza ends. Ask if they know what a stanza is (if not, explain it's a group of lines in a poem). Help them answer the question at the bottom of the printout. This simple, sweet poem about cats is easy for your child to relate to.
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Long and Short E Worksheet
Long and Short E Worksheet

Long and Short E Worksheet

This fun printout makes learning phonics enjoyable for Grade 3 students. Get them to read the words “tree” and “bed” to recognize the different sounds of the letter “E”. After hearing the words they can color the words and the pictures to understand differences between long and short vowels.
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Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 2 Worksheet
Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 2 Worksheet

Phonics and Word Recognition: Assessment 2 Worksheet

Help your kids learn proper pronunciation by counting syllables. Most words they'll encounter have 1-3 syllables, making them simple to say. Have them repeat the words in your worksheet after you. Focus on longer words with more than two syllables.
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And Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet
And Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

And Worksheet Sight Words Worksheet

Help your child get a jumpstart on reading with sight words! Print out this fun worksheet and get your child to read the sentence. Point out the word "and", then color the word and enjoy the rest of the scene! It's a great way to introduce sight words and get their early reading skills going!
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Reading comprehension and phonics are foundational elements in a child’s education, particularly in early elementary grades, like Grade 3. Phonics refers to the relationship between sounds and their written symbols, while reading comprehension is the ability to understand and interpret what is being read. When these skills are nurtured effectively, they significantly impact a student's overall academic success and lifelong learning capabilities.

Firstly, proficient phonics skills enable children to decode new words effortlessly, fostering fluent reading. This fluency is crucial because it allows students to focus on understanding the text rather than on the mechanics of reading. As vocabulary and sentence structures become more complex in higher grades, a solid grasp of phonics can prevent future reading difficulties.

Reading comprehension goes hand in hand with phonics by allowing students to make sense of different texts, enhancing their knowledge base. Effective comprehension strategies teach children to think critically, make inferences, and draw conclusions, which are valuable across all subjects.

Additionally, well-developed reading skills build confidence and promote a love for learning. They also contribute to better communication skills, which are essential both academically and socially. By prioritizing reading comprehension and phonics instruction in Grade 3, parents and teachers set children up for long-term success inside and outside the classroom.